Book Title: Love In Slow Motion
Author: E.M. Lindsey
Publisher: E.M. Lindsey
Cover Artist: Amai Designs
Release Date: November 16, 2020
Genre/s: Contemporary M/M Romance
Trope/s: Age gap, dad’s best friend Themes: Bisexual awakening
Length: 95 000 words
Buy Links – Available on Kindle Unlimited
Universal Link | Amazon US | Amazon UK
Maybe it didn’t end there. Maybe it started with a kiss…
Blurb
The only thing Ilan Nadav knows about relationships and marriage is that they ruin people. He’s committed himself to the bachelor life, and he’s never been happier—until his best friend had to go and fall in the sort of toe-curling, sonnet-writing kind of love. Witnessing that created a hunger in Ilan, and now all he can see is the people standing near him who deserved better than they got. And one of those people makes his heart beat a little bit harder and a little bit faster—but he’s the last man in the world Ilan is allowed to want.
After all, Fredric Pedalino is his best friend’s dad.
When Fredric comes to him for advice about dating men, Ilan is forced to re-write his own reality—and maybe his stance on love, because Fredric is the sort of man with the ability to sweep him off his feet. Even when he isn’t trying.
Ilan wants Fredric more than he’s ever wanted anyone before, but he’s not sure he’s willing to take the risk. After all, loving that man might cost him everything.
“All of your dates so far—all of your emails—they’re all from men.”
Fredric bit his lower lip and felt foolish and naïve, but he also trusted Ilan with these tender parts of himself. “That’s not why. I…I want to feel something I never thought I could. There was a part of me that thought I’d be trapped in my marriage forever. Even if these dates never work out, I want to go past an awkward dinner. I just,” he let out a long sigh, “want to know what it’s like to kiss a man.”
“Well,” Ilan said, then drew his hand back, “if that’s all you need, we can resolve that easily.”
Fredric blinked rapidly. “What do you mean?”
There was a heavy pause, then a tense laugh. “Never mind. God, I don’t know why I…”
Fredric reached for him again, his fingers curling over Ilan’s. “What do you mean?” he repeated.
The skin under his hand got warm—then hot—and Ilan cleared his throat. “I mean that I know what I’m doing. I might not have kissed a lot of men, but I’ve kissed more than a few. Your first kiss should be with someone you trust, and I would never hurt you. I would…” He stopped on a harsh laugh. “But I also get why that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever…”
Fredric felt the moment stretch out in front of them, like a thin rope ready to snap. And when it did, things would change. Whichever choice he made, whichever answer he gave, nothing would be the same again.
With his swallow lodged in his throat, Fredric turned slightly in his chair and reached out his other hand. It landed on Ilan’s forearm, and he turned him so they were face to face. The man beneath his touch was so still, Fredric could only feel the faint rise and fall of his breath, and his fingers inched slowly upward. Ilan’s skin beneath his hands wasn’t unfamiliar, but it was the first time he’d ever touched him like this.
It was the first time he’d ever touched anyone like this. With a gentle intimacy that said nothing and everything all in a single, simple gesture.
He trembled, but he didn’t pull away. His palms brushed over the short sleeves of a t-shirt. It felt soft and expensive as he kept going. The curve of the shirt’s collar was next, and above that, the slope of his neck. Fredric’s thumb grazed his Adam’s apple, then touched the soft space just beneath his chin. Ilan’s face was rough with a few days of not shaving, and it felt like a tactile map leading him to something he could never come back from.
He wanted to speak. He wanted to confess every single sin, but he wasn’t brave enough because he knew the answer. It might not be yes, but the unknowing was a risk he wasn’t sure he was willing to take.
E.M. Lindsey is currently living in the United States. They spend their time writing, reading, hiking, and binging Netflix – in that order. Find their work exclusively on Amazon.
Social Media Links
Blog/Website | Facebook | Newsletter Sign-up | BookBub
